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Here's the latest. — The Israeli government has been making preparations for weeks for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. — Here's the latest. — Explosions rocked Tehran early Friday morning, and Israel's defense minister said his country's warplanes had carried out an attack on Iran …
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Axios:
Israel's strike on Iran was 8 months in the making — Israel's stunning and sprawling operation overnight targeting Iran's nuclear facilities, missile sites, scientists and generals followed eight months of intensive clandestine preparations. — Why it matters: The operation launched …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As Israel launches a major attack on Iran, Trump's pre-election rhetoric runs into reality — The president spent four years saying “This would never have happened if I was president” in response to foreign violence. Now he's haunted by the claims. — About a month before Election …
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Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
In Twist, U.S. Diplomacy Served as Cover for Israeli Surprise Attack — Talks seen as a way to keep the peace gave Israel the opportunity to land heavy military blows — U.S. negotiations with Iran aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear program were widely seen as an important way to preserve regional peace.
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Washington Post:
Israel strikes Iran, killing 3 commanders; Trump urges Tehran to ‘make a deal’
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NBC News:
Live updates: Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities as fears of war mount
Live updates: Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities as fears of war mount
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Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post:
IDF intercepts massive drone attack from Iran, pummels Tehran's air defenses
IDF intercepts massive drone attack from Iran, pummels Tehran's air defenses
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
How Iran Strikes Put Trump's Impotence on Full Embarrassing Display
How Iran Strikes Put Trump's Impotence on Full Embarrassing Display
JP Store / Jerusalem Post:
IDF warns public to take shelter as Iranian missiles reach Israeli territory
IDF warns public to take shelter as Iranian missiles reach Israeli territory
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Andreas Kluth / Bloomberg:
Israel's Iran Attack Could Wreck the US' Middle-East Strategy
Israel's Iran Attack Could Wreck the US' Middle-East Strategy
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Paul McLeary / Politico:
US moves warships closer to Israel
US moves warships closer to Israel
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump to Axios: Israel's attack could help me make deal with Iran
Trump to Axios: Israel's attack could help me make deal with Iran
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Sen. Alex Padilla Tells MSNBC FBI ‘Escorted’ Him To Trump DHS Presser They Claim He Crashed — Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) told MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff that he was “escorted” to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference by FBI agents, where he was then manhandled by agents under the claim they didn't know who he was.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
No Kings. No Surrender. — Shows of force can work both ways. — ∙ Paid — On the Secret show this morning, Sarah and I went deep on the manhandling of Sen. Alex Padilla. Spoiler: I have some accelerationist questions. . . . The show is here.
Jay Kuo / The Status Kuo:
They're Gaslighting Us Again
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Steven Beschloss / America, America:
Waging War Against America
Waging War Against America
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Anthony L. Fisher / MSNBC:
Kristi Noem says the feds are coming to ‘liberate’ Los Angeles
Kristi Noem says the feds are coming to ‘liberate’ Los Angeles
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Padilla Assault Fails to Stop Senate Business as Usual
Padilla Assault Fails to Stop Senate Business as Usual
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The Hill
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
All the polls on the LA protests and Trump's response so far — I have struggled to come up with more to say on the Los Angeles protests that isn't repetitive of some of the great things other people are writing on the subject. But then it struck me that it may be useful to readers …
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Blurts Out a Dark MAGA Truth, Handing Dems a Weapon — The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 13 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. — Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Accidentally Reveals a Dark MAGA Truth—and Hands Dems an Opening — This week, President Donald Trump admitted on Truth Social that his mass deportations are hurting farmers and the economy. Those removals are “taking very good, long time workers away” from farms and hotels …
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Christina Cassidy / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump's election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach — A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional.
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Second judge blocks parts of Trump order overhauling elections
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Miles Parks / NPR:
A 2nd judge halts more of Trump's voting executive order
A 2nd judge halts more of Trump's voting executive order
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New York Times:
Trump's Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades — The authors reviewed distributional analyses from bills over the last 35 years. — The Republican megabill now before the Senate cuts taxes for high earners and reduces benefits for the poor.
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Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Org Keeps Bringing In Foreign Workers To Staff Its Clubs And Winery — Topline — On Thursday, President Donald Trump acknowledged concerns from the agriculture and hospitality industries that his strict immigration policies are making it harder to retain long-time workers …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate GOP Strips Provision From Tax Bill That Would Let Trump Rule As A King — They removed jarring language from the House GOP's “big, beautiful bill” that would have limited the ability of courts to enforce contempt orders. — WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans have quietly removed …
FJ Feng / CNN:
‘We will kill you’: Florida sheriff issues stern warning to protesters — As protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids continue in Los Angeles and other cities, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and law enforcement officials warned that demonstrators could face …
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Mother Jones:
How MAGA Took Over America's 250th Birthday — Trump's military parade is just the beginning. — Tanks, armored personnel carriers, and howitzers will roll through the streets of Washington, DC, on Saturday—coming to a halt just steps from where President Donald Trump once exhorted his supporters to …
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Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling. — Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.
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Bitwize / Times of Oman:
Iran announces withdrawal from 6th round of talks with US — Iranian airspace shutdown: Air India reroutes numerous international flights — London-bound Air India flight returns to Mumbai after three hours in air — Air India flight makes emergency landing after receiving bomb threat
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Iran pulls out of nuclear talks with the US
Iran pulls out of nuclear talks with the US
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Kerry Howley / New York Magazine:
Playing Secretary — As war looms, Pete Hegseth's Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by his man? — On Dan Caldwell's 87th day as a senior official at the Department of Defense, he read some intelligence reports and prepped …
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Associated Press:
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials — President Donald Trump's administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees …
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Steve Strunsky / New Jersey Online:
ICE detainees tear down a wall in uprising at N.J. detention facility, lawyer says — About 50 inmates at Delaney Hall, the ICE detention facility in Newark, banded together and pushed down the wall of a dormitory room when meals were hours late, a lawyer told NJ Advance Media.
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump? — Protest actions like ‘Hands Off’ and ‘No Kings’ are sweeping across the US. But the media is barely paying attention — When hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered across the US on 5 April for the “Hands Off” …
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Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Millions in US expected to protest against Trump in ‘No Kings’ demonstrations
Millions in US expected to protest against Trump in ‘No Kings’ demonstrations
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